Huskies Fall to Nebraska in Opening Round of NCAA Tournament

Friday, May 16

Baton Rouge, LA

3:00 PM

University of Connecticut

35-18

Nebraska

40-13

UConn

Nebraska

Photo by: Michael Bacigalupi

Huskies Fall to Nebraska in Opening Round of NCAA Tournament

5/16/2025 8:14:00 PM | Softball

Box Score

BATON ROUGE, La. – The No. 3 seeded UConn softball team lost to the No. 2 seeded Nebraska Huskers, 10-2 on Friday afternoon at Tiger Park. The loss puts the Huskies in the loser's bracket of the Baton Rouge regional.

Payton Kinney made her 35^th start of the season in the circle for the Huskies. Kinney went just 1.0 inning giving up four runs on just one hit. Kinney moves to 15-6 this season.

Nebraska opened the scoring in the bottom of the second inning, scoring four runs on a pair of hits.

Hope Jenkins came on in relief for Kinney in the middle of the second inning, making her 32^nd appearance of the season for the Huskies. Jenkins went 4.2 innings giving up six runs on nine hits, adding a strikeout.

Nebraska added three runs to their lead with a three-run home run in the third inning, extending the Huskers lead to 7-0.

UConn got on the board in the top of the fourth inning off the bat of the BIG EAST Freshman of the Year Cat Petteys. The rookie shortstop hit a no-doubt two-run home run to left field, her 15^th of the year, trimming into the Nebraska lead, 7-2.

Nebraska added a run in the fifth and two runs in the sixth innings, ending the game in a six inning run rule.

News and Notes

Cat Petteys hit her 15^th home run of the season, extending her hitting streak to eight straight games. Petteys has six home runs in her last seven games.
Haley Coupal recorded her fifth straight multi-hit game of the season, giving her 12 this season.
Grace Jenkins extended her on- base streak to 31 straight games.
UConn's offense worked eight full counts.
UConn went 1-9 with runners on base.
UConn recorded four hits, just the ninth time this season they have been limited to four hits or less in a game.
UConn moves to 11-18 all-time in NCAA Tournament games.

Up Next

UConn moves to the loser's bracket of the Baton Rouge regional and will face the host school LSU on Saturday, May 17 in an elimination game. First pitch is set for 3:30pm EST and will be streamed on ESPN+.

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